Lisbon's Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology Set to Open in October

The EDP Foundation has announced that MAAT, the Museum of Art, Architecture, and Technology in Lisbon, will open to the public on October 4-5. The museum, with a new kunsthall building designed by AL_A, will “become the centerpiece of one of the Portuguese capital’s most popular cultural areas, the historic riverside district of Belém."

The new AL_A kunsthall building will add over 7,000 square meters of public space to the area, and was designed as a response to “the natural assets of the waterfront site, framing an architectural narrative that is sensitive to both its cultural heritage and the future of the city.”

The design features a "gracefully undulating roof, conceived to create a new public space above the galleries" as well as calçada-tile pavements to link the new public spaces with the street. 3D tiles will bring life to the facade, producing "a complex surface that gives readings of water, light and shadow."